Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-11
000128757
Contested design: 015068930-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered EU design No 015068930-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered EU design No 015068930-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yigen Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
handcuffs; keys
EU design registration No 015027768-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin / Designview · disclosed 2023-07-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested bicycle lock lacked novelty and, in any event, individual character in light of at least three earlier designs, with broad designer freedom.
- ›Holder said the informed user is a bicycle-lock user, designer freedom is limited by product function, and the visual differences produce a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of earlier EU design No 015027768-0001 from its 24 July 2023 bulletin publication before the contested design's 8 August 2024 filing date.
- ›The Division found designer freedom not severely limited and the shared shape, proportions, and features more significant than the cited differences, so the same overall impression was produced.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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